Eight Bulldogs Named All-New England Sailors

Joe Morris.

May 31, 2009

May 31, 2009

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The New England
Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) had named eight members
of the Bulldog coed and women's sailing teams to the All-New
England teams. The Bulldogs, who have qualified for all three of
the Spring National Championship events and had student-athletes
qualify for two of the three fall National Championship events,
were also recognized with Sailor and Rookie of the Year awards.

Three skippers from the No. 1 Bulldog women's sailing team were
named to the All-New England ranks. Seniors Jane Macky (Auckland,
New Zealand/Epsom Girls Grammar school) and Kate Hagemann
(Naples, Fla., Marion, Mass./Naples High)were both named to the
All-New England First Team as skippers. Macky made also made the
team as a sophomore and junior while Hagemann was named to the team
as a junior. Junior Sarah Lihan (Fort
Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas High)was honored for the first
time as a Second Team All-New England skipper.

Two crews from the women's sailing team were also honored.
Junior captain Marla Menninger
(Costa Mesa, Calif./Newport Harbor High), who sails with Macky, and
sophomore Elizabeth Brim (New
York, N.Y./Hotchkiss School), who sails with Hagemann, were both
named to the All-New England team as crews. Menninger was also
honored as a freshman and sophomore while Brim was honored as a
freshman. Brim, Hagemann, Macky and Menninger were all named
All-Americans last year as well.

Macky also earned the distinction of being named the 2009 Sailor
of the Year for New England. Macky represented the bulldogs at the
Singlehanded National Championships this past year, where she
placed third, and has been a strong force in A division at women's
events all season. She won A division at the Women's Atlantic Coast
Championships, perhaps the most competitive women's regatta of the
year.

Three student-athletes that compete on the coed sailing team
were also honored. Junior captain Thomas Barrows (St.
Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands/Antilles School) and freshman Joseph Morris
(Annapolis, Md./Severn School) earned recognition as First Team
All-New England skippers. Morris' crew, Grace Becton (Deer
Isle, Maine/Deer Isle-Stonington High), also earned recognition as
an All-New England Crew selection. Barrows has been an All-American
in his freshman and sophomore seasons and represented the U.S.
Virgin Islands in the 2008 Olympic Games and Becton was an
All-American as a sophomore. Becton was an All-American as a
sophomore.

Morris also was named the Rookie of the Year. Morris has mainly
sailed B division this year, but has also turned in a number of
strong finishes in A division, including third-place finishes at
the Admiral's Cup and Charleston Spring Intersectionls, a
fourth-place finish at the Hoyt Trophy and a sixth-place result at
the Captain Hurst Bowl. He has been very solid in his normal B
division role as well, winning the division at the ICSA National
Western Semifinal. Morris is a 2008 graduate of the Severn School,
where he dominated A division at the 2008 High School National
Championships to lead Severn School to the national title.